Midwest Artist Studios ™ A Frank Juarez Project

The Midwest Artist Studios ™ is a three summer project established by a Wisconsin high school art educator, Frank Juarez. A team consisting of a photographer, writer, social media expert and assistants will travel the Midwest visiting contemporary visual artists who embrace the importance of Art Education, believe that their art experience was influenced or shaped by their K-12 Art Education and are following their artistic dream of art making. These visits will encompass a close and personal approach into the studio life of an artist. Artists will not talk about their engagement in their art processes, but also discuss their rigorous work schedule, daily commitments, work ethic, artistic vision; to name a few. After each summer the MAS Team will be creating a catalog and an educational workbook, which will contain lesson plans that compliment and reinforce the artists’ contemporary art practices. These lesson plans can be used to reinforce, supplement, or become an art curriculum for grades 6-12. A blog will house the MAS Team’s journey, behind the scenes footage, reflections, and photographs.

Our audience is very diverse just like this project. The Midwest Artist Studios ™ will benefit anyone interested in Contemporary Art, Art Education, technology, social media, Common Core Standards, and Literacy. We envision public and private art educators, core educators, IMC specialists, administration, districts, artists, professors and students utilizing this resource.